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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I finally spilled the beans to Rob Conley
that I've been working on a new Mercury model, and I've finally got it pretty
much finished and into Orbiter's .msh format. So now it looks like it will be a
part of the next Mercury release! :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I give you, in all their glory, the Mercury
7!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.me.mtu.edu/~bjsikkem/Mercury/Preview/Magnificent7.jpg">http://www.me.mtu.edu/~bjsikkem/Mercury/Preview/Magnificent7.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And in case you're wondering about Freedom 7 II, it
was a planned 3 day orbital mission with Alan Shepard at the controls that got
scrapped.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, not only are the capsules new, but so is
the escape tower, retro pack, straps, antenna fairing, etc etc etc. All new.
Perhaps a new Redstone model if I get ambitious. Probably a new Atlas adapter.
Lots of fun stuff.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And there is also work being done on a new control
panel (not by me) as well as some other fun goodies, so the next version of
Mercury is really gonna knock some socks off! :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There, done bragging now. ;)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>